SCOTLAND SEEKS TO BECOME A KEY EUROPEAN PLAYER IN GREEN ENERGY
September 1st, 2011
BY ROBERT STOKES
NATIONALISM and the energy industry have made uneasy bedfellows throughout history, yet Scotland is attracting substantial international investment in renewables despite having, since May and for the first time, a majority government committed to winning independence from the UK.
Glasgow-based utilities ScottishPower - owned by Spain's Iberdrola - and Perth-based Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) are among vanguard investors in Scottish onshore and offshore wind services. Other companies active in Scotland offshore wind power projects are ...
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